Street-car transfer.



J. SAMUELS.

STREET GAR TRANSFER.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 9, 1908. Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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V`LGOB SAMUELS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STREET-CAR TRANSFER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

To all whom fit mol/y concern:

Be it known that l, JACOB SAMUnLs, a citizen ol the United States, residing at New York, in the county oi: New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street-Car Transfers and l do hereby declare the following to be a lull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to a street car transfer and more particularly to the class oi means for carrying out a system of collecting fares on a railway without liability of pillering from and deceit by conductor, or, in other words insuring the return of all money collected by the conductor in each trip made hy him.

The annexed drawings and characters ot reference marked thereon form a part of this specification and reference is made thereto.

Ol the said drawings-Figure l is a plan of a package of transfers with receipt-containing envelops on the ends thereol". Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the end ot the transfer slip. Fig. l is a hack ol a receipt showing an advertisement. Fig. 5 is a face side of a star receipt. nig. 6 is face view of a plain receipt.

ln carrying out my invention l preferahly provide a pad 2 of transfers, with receipts, il, for fares in inclosed sealed envelops 5 on the ends thereof so that the conductor can by tearing oli a single slip deliver both the translier and receipt in one operation. li' a transfer is not wanted, the conductor will tear oli the sealed receipt envelop and give it to the passenger and turn hack the transfer on the pad in his hand. The receipt will bear the conductors number 6, and the passenger may hold it while on the car to show that he or she has paid his or her fare.

ln order to induce persons to require receipts, and to examine them, there will he a number-say one in twcnty-five-marked with a star, 4, giving a ride tree, so that the receipts will be examined and kept over for ride next day or a day later than the receipt is received, and, at any rate, keeping the ra ecipt until the ride is concluded to show that the fare is paid, which will also insure the reading of the advertisement on the receipt and transfer, which will pay for the printing of the receipt and transfer'. ln this way the means for carrying out my improvement will bear advertisements S which will be likely to he read. Each receipt will hear the conductoi-s number in plain ligures, and also the consecutive number ci' the receipt will he printed thereon in plain iigures as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6-that is, the conductor, upon taking a car will be given a pad of transfers and receipts, the latter being numhered from l upward, the star receipts being included in the consecutively numbered receipts, so that the conductors pad turned in at the end of the route will be his made-up account ci' the number of fares collected, and must register with the number of fares rungI up 3 or the latter may be done away with and the pad relied upon alone for the record of the number of fares collected.

Should a passenger desire a retransfer the conductor will he able to furnish the same from the superfluous transfers connected with his pad. its all passengers will not demand transfers the conductor will at all times have a superiluous number on hand.

Should a conductor be relieved oi' duty midway of a trip the relieving conductor will see that the pad corresponds with fares rung up, and he will tear oil the stubs or transfers used, upon which the former conductor will make his report, and the relieving conduct-or will go on with the unused receipts to the end oi' the route.

.fis a mattei' ol course the conductor can sell a number of tickets at one time to each passenger as is now done.

l. fr transfer comprising a stub, means having 'printed matter thereon constituting a passengei"s transfer portion, with a transverse weakening line connect-ing the same to the stub, and an envelop designated as a passengers yeceipt inclosing envelop detachably connected by a weakening line to the transfer portion.

2. A transfer comprising a section having marking thereon constituting a conductors stub, means having printed matter thereon constituting a passengers transl'er portion and provided with a weakening line detachably connecting the same to the stub, a card having marking thereon constituting a passengers receipt, and an envelop containing the card and provided with a weakening line detachably connecting the same to the transfer portion.

3. A transfer comprising a normally sealed envelop designated as L passengers receipt inelosing envelop, and a section formed with said envelop and having printed matter thereon constituting a passengers transfer 5 portion, the said section vbeing` provided with a weakened line for the detachment thereof from the envelop.

In testimonT whereof, l erlix my signature, in presence oit two Witnesses.

JACOB SAMUELS,

Witnesses PHILIP SAMUELS,

BERNHARD SAMUELs. 

